Lititz Record Express

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I CONSOLIDATED WITH THE LITITZ RECORD. 19371 Lititz, Lancaster County, PA, 17543, Thursday, April 14,1977 15 CENTS A COPY; S5.00 PER YEAR BY MAIL
WITHIN LANCASTER COUNTY 22 Pages-No. 3
Remember when you were just learning to
skate? How your feet, not to mention other things,
hurt the next day? Five-year-old Angie Tribble took
plenty of spills Tuesday afternoon as she tried
learning to skate through trial and error. Here's
hoping your errors become fewer as the spring and
summer wear on, Angie.
Melanie Smith, a Linden Hall
student, takes advantage of a warm,
sunny Tuesday afternoon to finish up
her studying on the lawn of the
campus.
Odd Set of Burglaries
Hits Penn Twp. Homes
Two peculiar burglaries
occurred shortly before
Easter in two new homes on
Evans Road in Penn
Township, with theives
making off with furniture
from one of the homes and
“ accessories” from the
other.
One of the robbed families
had only been living in their
new home for about three
weeks, the other family was
in the process of moving in
when the burglaries took
place. The total value of
goods taken amounted to an
estimated $4500.
The home of Mr. and Nrs.
Ronald Strickler was
rep o rted ly ran sa ck ed
sometime between 10:30
p.m. April 7 and 9 a.m. April
8.
According to Mrs.
Strickler, she and her
husband were in the process
of moving their household
goods into the house and her
husband had been working
there until about 10:30 p.m.
April 7. When Mrs. Strickler
returned at about 9 the next
morning, she found that
someone had broken in a
back door and taken three
brass lamps, silverware, a
number of things she had
made herself for her new
house, including a valuable
dried flower arrangement,
and some quilted cushions
for her kitchen set, a record
album collection (a major
portion of which were gospel
songs), and a three-piece
Bible encyclopedia set.
Thieves also carried away
two boxes that the Stricklers
had not yet unpacked,
containing hurricane lamps
and three dried flower
Williamsburg p ic tu re
hangings.
“They were very selec­tive,”
Mrs. Strickler said,
noting that while the thieves
chose “home accessories,”
they left behind a valuable
AM-FM radio that was on a
kitchen counter.
She said a curtain had also
been ripped off one wall, but
had been left behind. She
estimated the value of goods
taken at about $1500.
At the neighboring home of
Mr. and Mrs. Dam Beck on
Evans Road, burglars
removed about $3,000 worth
of household goods while the
family was away over the
weekend. Police said entry
was gained by prying a lock
on a glass door.
At this house, thieves took
a kitchen table and five
matching captains’ chairs,
two television sts, including
a portable 15-inch Sony and a
25-inch Magnavox, 15 to 20
quarts of liquor, all the
cushions in the house, a
man’s size 42 coat and a
woman’s size 12 coat, and
some other smaller items.
The Becks had used the
house off and on for the past
year, but had moved in
permanently only about
three weeks ago.
Penn Township Police
Chief Herbert Weidman is
investigating the Beck
robbery and Pennsylvania
State Police are handling the
Strickler robbery.
Hunter Safety
Course Planned
The Hunter Safety Course
which was canceled on 3
April will be held Sunday
April 17th at 1 p.m. until 5
p.m. at the Lititz Fire Hall on
W. Main St.
The course will be
sponsored by the Lititz
Sportsman Association.
More information can be
obtained by calling 626-8820.
On their way home from school,
these lovely ladies agreed to pose for
a spring picture in front of the daf­fodils
on Lincoln Avenue. Zoe Cargas,
in the middle, shares the frame with
Tawn and Tess Landis, but as we re
not altogether certain whicn twin is
which, we'll let you guess.
Lititz Filled With Signs of Spring
A sure sig:> that winter has been
subdued: kids selling punch along the
sidewalk. Even if you can’t stand the
taste of the sweet colored water, how
could you iesi._L char.nerj,
Jessica Hann (left) and Stacey
Koehler. And such a bargain — only
three cents a glass!
Record Express Photos
Local School Principals
Rule Out Skate Boards
Spring used to mean roller skates. These days it means
skate boards.
And local elementary schools are finding that skate
boards can mean broken bones, brush bums, bumps and
bruises.
Lititz Elementary School Principal Jack Edgerton
announced this week that students would no longer be
allowed to bring their skateboards to school with them
because of the potential dangers.
The announcement was made at the request of the
school nurse, Linda McFerran, Edgerton said. The
children have been using the skate boards on the
playground, especially since the nice spring weather
started, and there’s too much danger of accidents, he said.
Jerry Shupp, principal of Kissel Hill and Rothsville
Elementary Schools, told the Record that students at
those schools are not permitted to bring the skate boards
to school either, because of the potential danger of ac­cidents.
According to George Remetz, principal at John Beck
School in Brunnersville, skate boards haven’t posed any
problem there this spring. “Of course most of our students
are transported by bus, and that makes a difference,”
Remetz said.
Robert Heron, principal at the Middle School, said that
some students had requested a skate board club, but he
had ruled this out.
“We don’t allow the students to bring them (skate
boards) at all - we’re just not equipped to supervise them
on skate boards,” Heron said.
Skate boards haven’t made much of an appearance at
the high school, principal Harold Swisher said.
However, there has been an increase in “car activity”
around the high school since the warm weather started,
according to Barry Smith, assistant to the superintendent.
“Nothing serious so far, just general nuisance stuff,”
Smith said. “Some are still disregarding the ‘no parking’
signs in front of the buildings and some are still driving
around the school too fast for the number of people
walking. Around the end of May and the beginning of June
is when it gets ‘interesting’,” Smith added.
Voter Registration W ill Be Held Sat. in L ititz
A voter registration day
will be held Saturday from 8
a.m. to 2 p.m. at the old Lititz
fire hall on South Broad
Street, conducted by the
Warwick Area Rebublican
Committee.
All new voters, and anyone
who has not voted in the last
two elections, must register
in order to vote in the spring
primary election.
Saturday’s
will be for
parties.
registration
all political
I n T h is Is s u e
Business Directory 18
Church News 16
Classified Ads 20,21
Editorial Page 4
Sports Section 6,7,8
Social 10,11
School Directors To Vote On
1977-78 Bargaining Agreement
The Warwick School Board
will consider ratification of
the tentative collective
b arg ain in g ag re em en t
between the school district
and members of the War­wick
Education Association
when the Board meets April
19.
Warwick school teachers
ratified the tentative
agreement on April 4,
okaying a proposed 7.5
percent increase over
present salaries.
The agreement, if ratified
by five Board votes, will cost
the school district ap­proximately
$170,000 for
teachers’ salaries. It also
in c r e a s e s b e g in n in g
teachers, at the bachelor’s
level salaries from $8,625 to
$9,100 and the bachelor’s
degree maximum from
$14,575 to $15,150.
Negotiations on the
current three-year collective
bargaining agreement took
place this year under the
provision that grants a wage
reopener for the 1977-78 and
1978-79 school years.
Rec Center
Budget Change
Directors also are ex­pected
to terminate the
existing agreement between
the School Board, Lititz
Borough Council and the Rec
Center Board. This te r­mination
of this agreement,
which had provided a
budgeting of $9,922.29 plus
$3,000 building use costs on
the part of the school
district, would pave the way
for a new agreement bet­ween
the three governing
bodies which would be based
on different methods of
payment.
New School Calendar
Superintendent H. Dale
Winger will present the
Board with two proposed
school calendars for 1977-78,
each one different.
In other business, Dr.
Winger will present the
Board with forms for the
evaluation of staff members
other than teachers: The
forms are for the evaluation
of nurses and librarians.
The Board also will discuss
ctnd act upon a meet-and-discuss
request by nurses,
librarians and guidance
counselors for non-bargainable
items. Con­sideration
will be given to
working days beyond the 185
required staff school days.
Additional business will
include a request sent to the
School Board by Lititz
Borough Council and the
Lititz Rec Center asking for
use of school facilities.
Council has requested the
Sunday use of school
facilities and the Rec Center,
under a permission given on
a one-year basis, has
reapplied for use of the
school tennis courts.
Finally, Band Director
Dale Weller will request
Board approval for a band
trip to Florida.
Churches Plan Community Renewal Weekend
Churches in the Lititz area
will hold a special
C om mu n ity R en ew a l
Weekend on April 15,16, and
17.
The weekend will begin
with a covered dish supper at
6:30 p.m. on Friday at the
Lititz Church of the
Brethren. All persons
attending should bring two
dishes, one hot, one cold, and
enough placesettings for
those in their group.
Beverages will be supplied.
The second part of the
Weekend will be held at 7:30
p.m. with a Youth Rally and
an Adult Rally held in the
main sanctuary of the
Church of the Brethren.
The speaker for the rally
will be Rev. Brooke Solberg,
who is the pastor of David’s
United Church of Christ in
Millersville. He is also a
chaplain for the
Pennsylvania Air National
Guard, a member of the
Fellowship of Christian
Athletes, a member of the
Advisory Board of the
Evangelical Theological
Seminary, president of the
alumni association of the
seminary, and a member of
the Spiritual Life
Commission of the Central
YMCA, Harrisburg.
Rev. Solberg has been
active in many youth
re treats and Bible
conferences, and has
traveled throughout the
world, including Europe,
Iceland, Israel, and Puerto
Rico. He will be speaking on
each of the three topics of the
Weekend, “Knowing God”,
“Knowing Ourselves” , and
“Knowing Each Other”.
A Primary-Junior Meeting
will also be held at 7:30 p.m,,
with a program by Merv
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Sands and “The Magic
Cocoon” . The Youth
Fellowship meeting will be
held at 10 p.m. under the
direction of the Lititz Youth
Ministries, also at the
Church of the Brethren.
On Saturday the topic will
be “Knowing Ourselves”,
and Rev. Solberg will be
featured once again at the 8
a.m. Men’s Prayer
Breakfast at the Lititz
Moravian Church. A freewill
donation will be taken at that
time.
At 12 noon a Covered Dish
Luncheon will be held for the
women at St. Paul Lutheran
Church with Mrs. Joan
Barrett as the speaker. Each
person attending should
bring one dish and a place
setting. Beverages will be
supplied.
A Primary-Junior Bag
Lunch is also scheduled for
12 noon at St. Paul Lutheran
Church. A Chalk Talk will be
presented by Karen Weitzel,
and each child should bring a
bag lunch. Beverages will be
supplied.
At 2 p.m. a Youth Meet is
planned at Lititz United
Methodist Church with
L.Y.M. and Atheletes in
Action with Chris Ericksen
in charge.
The Golden Agers will also
meet at 2 p.m. holding a
Singstunde at the Lititz
United Methodist Church,
featuring Stanley and Helen
Marburger.
A Couples Only Service
will be held at 7 p.m. at
Rev. Brooke Solberg
Trinity Evangelical Church
as part of the “Knowing
Each Other” segment of the
weekend. Rev. Solberg will
be the speaker.
To end the Community
Renewal Weekend the 3 p.m.
Blessings Service will be
held on Sunday in St. Luke’s
United Church of Christ. The
service is titled “Burdens
Are Lifted at Calvary” , and
Rev. Solberg and other
leaders will share in the
service of prayer and per­sonal
ministry.
Nursery facilities and
babysitting will be made
available at all Friday
evening activities, the
Woman’s Luncheon, the
Couples Only service, and
the Afternoon Blessings
Service.
All are invited to attend
and share in the Community
Renewal Weekend.
Annual Antique Show Planned
Approximately 500 area youngsters took part in
the Lititz Lions Club's annual Easter egg hunt
Saturday afternoon on the high school campus,
filling their bags with the 135 dozen colored eggs
that club members and high school students had
decorated for the event. The children were divided
into four age group categories and candy eggs and
cash prizes were awarded to numberous lucky
contestants who found specially marked eggs.
Harold Zander, a past president of the club, was
chairman of the hunt.
Mr. and Mrs. John
Luttenberger, 7 Farm Lane,
will serve as general
chairmen for the 16th Annual
Antiques Show and Sale to be
sponsored by the Lititz
Historical Foundation July 1
and 2 at the Lititz Rec
Center.
Other chairmen named
are Mr. and Mrs. John A.
Wenger, publicity; Richard
Rader, treasurer; William
Light, properties; Mrs. Irvin
Miller, ticket sales; Mrs.
Robert Mearig, flowers;
Mrs. Harlow Smith, bulk
m a ilin g ; F ra n k
Longenecker, courtesy
c a r d s ; Mrs. F ra n k
Longenecker, card typing;
Mrs. Roy Rodger, poster
distribution;